Managing a VIM

You can deploy a VIM at one of your locations or on a uCPE device. Deploying the VIM on location implies centralized management of the virtual network function lifecycle. Deploying the VIM on a uCPE device lets you deliver virtual network functions to remote locations and manage them locally.

To display the table of VIMs, go to the Infrastructure menu section, click the previously created data center, and select the IPAM → Compute resources tab. Information about VIMs is displayed in the following columns of the table:

• Name is the name of the VIM.
• Type is the type of the VIM. Kaspersky SD-WAN uses the VIM from the OpenStack cloud platform.
• Function determines if the VIM is deployed in a data center or on a uCPE device.
• VIM IP is the IP address of the VIM.
• Status is the connection status of the VIM to the OpenStack cloud platform:
  • Connected
  • Disconnected
• SDN cluster is the SDN cluster to which OpenStack is connected.
• Behind NAT lets you specify if the VIM is behind NAT (Network Address Translation).

The actions you can perform with the table are described in the Managing solution component tables instructions.